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Arson likely cause of Greek fires, says minister

The fires in Greece that have killed some 83 people around Athens were likely deliberately started, according to Greek citizen protection minister Nikos Toskas. Toskas said there were "serious indications" it was arson. Some 60 people are still in the hospital following the blaze, which broke out on Monday.

This is a political crisis unprecedented in Austria since the war: the resignation of the vice-chancellor, firing of the interior minister, the mass resignation of FPO ministers, a snap election, and a no-confidence vote in the Austrian parliament on Monday.

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A planned high-speed railway connection through the Alps between Italy and France has been highly controversial for decades and is pitting governing Italian coalition parties against each other. But the European Commission insists it must go ahead.